Lifestyle
Often appearing in his trademark robes and kaftans, who wrote the memoir 'The Chiffon Trenches' and championed diversity in the fashion industry during his stints as creative director (1988-95) and editor-at-large (1998-2013) at 'Vogue'?
André Leon TALLEY
Fashion | Publications & Websites
Entertainment
The 1996 single Novocaine for the Soul was taken from the debut album of which American band? According to the band's lead singer Mark Everett, it was about the need to numb emotions through using drugs.
EELS
Music
Civilisation & History
Which American university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is named for a French Jesuit missionary who explored the area in the 1670s?
Marquette
Education
entertainment
Named for their lead singer, which Best New Artist Grammy nominated band released the album ‘Submarine’ in 2024? Featuring English and Spanish-language singles including the TikTok-favourite ‘No One Noticed’, their UK chart performance has yet to reflect critical praise.
The MARIAS
Entertainment
Which American musician, whose guitar bore the message ‘This machine kills fascists’, was entered into the Radio 2 Folk Awards Hall of Fame in 2017? His best-known songs include This Land Is Your Land.
Woody Guthrie
Music
lifestyle
Another major difference in the Rider-Waite tarot card deck compared to traditional decks is the fifth card of the Major Arcana, The Hierophant. Usually depicted as a man on a throne with his right hand raised in blessing and with a triple cross in his left hand, WHICH figure from historical deck does the Hierophant replace?
The Pope
Entertainment
Which Jimi Hendrix song became, in November 1970, his only posthumous UK number one? This was the final track on the album Electric Ladyland under a name which was slightly changed when released as a single; we will accept either name.
VOODOO CHILE (Slight Return)
Music
Entertainment
Andra Day plays which singer in a 2021 biopic directed by Lee Daniels that focuses on attempts by US law enforcement to pursue her for drug offences? Diana Ross played this singer in an earlier 1972 biopic.
BILLIE HOLIDAY
Film
Physical World
Which saline lake, located north of the Cap Vert peninsula in Senegal, is noted for its pink colour? Flooding in 2022 has caused a temporary loss of colour to the lake.
Lake Retba / Lake Rose
Lakes
Physical World
Nothing to do with occult rituals, Black Mass--composed mainly of lithium, manganese, cobalt, and nickel--is a powdery substance produced during the process of recycling what objects? The metals are recovered from the Black Mass and reused to make more of these objects.
Lithium-ion BATTERIES
Physics